I'm still scouting for a
deceased celestial
stringensemble to add some
ethereal shimmering sounds.
We need some more girl instrumentalists in there too. I'm open to
suggestions for alternative
supergroups of your own, or more artists for this one but they'd
have to be really special, not just popular choices like
Bob Marley, John Lennon, Jim Morrison,
Syd Barrett,
Ian Curtis (all cool), or Kurt Cobain (not). John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix
are not included as they thrive more in small group settings.
Fellow Funkadelic guitarist/singer/drummer
Glen Goins can stand in
if Eddie Hazel or Tiki get tired. There are of course many jazzers who could
stand in, but this group is about much more than jazz - think
cosmic calypso
space funk
with offstage whispered gospel harmonies! Of course one day I'd aspire to join
this esteemed band, but in the meantime, perhaps I should try and emulate and
develop their sublime sounds while still here on Earth...

It's
inevitable that the band
will only expand as more great masters join the heavenly throng - I'm starting
to feel old, now that all
my mentors are leaving this life! But even heaven's
stages have size limits, and not everyone can play at once. Possibly they can
branch out into splinter groups of like-minded individuals from this initial
mega-orchestra melting pot. Hopefully being dead will free the group from
earthly pressures such as clashes of ego and rehearsal time/space issues. We
look forward to hearing their heavenly music soon at a shrine near you...